Chelsea Clinton: I Want To Start A Family Soon

Chelsea Clinton, 32, is the same age her mother, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, was when she gave birth to her only child with former United States President Bill Clinton.

Now happily married for 2 years, Chelsea tells the September issue of Vogue she and husband Marc Mezvinsky, 34, are considering starting a family of their own — and her parents are thrilled about it!

Chelsea says her famous mother is a huge fan of parenthood.

“[Mom] always tells me [parenthood] was the greatest thing that ever happened to her,” Chelsea says. “And as the subject of such an amazing compliment, I can’t do anything but be grateful and smile and say that I’m confident that I will feel the same way when I am so blessed. It’s certainly something that Marc and I talk a lot about.”

Although she grew up in the public eye, “I always knew I was the center of my parents’ lives,” the former First Daughter says. “And I am determined that our children feel the same way. Marc and I are both working really hard right now, but I think in a couple of years, hopefully . . . literally, God willing. And I hope my mom can wait that long.”

While acting as correspondent for NBC News, Chelsea is also currently pursuing a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Oxford. She teaches graduate classes at Columbia University in New York City. After working on Wall Street, Chelsea feels she’s finally found her passion.

“I’ve always been aware of both how extraordinarily normal and how extraordinarily extraordinary my life has been,” she says. “It’s always been important, first to my parents when I was younger, and now very much to me, to live in the world. I would never want to live in a cloister,” she tells the mag. “It’s important to me to walk down the street and hear what people are talking about or go for a run on the West Side Highway. Marc and I go to a movie every Sunday. We ride the subway. It’s one of the great gifts of New York City. Why would I want to miss that?”

According to investment banker Mezvinsky, Chelsea is “very much the yin to my yang. I don’t want to say I’m aloof, but I definitely can exist in a cloud. I walk into parking meters. She’s the antithesis of that. She’s like, ‘This is where the parking meters go!'”

And what about running for political office?

“Before my mom’s [2008 presidential] campaign I would have said no,” Chelsea says. “Not because it was something I had thought a lot about but because people have been asking me that my whole life.”

She continues: “Even during my father’s 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, ‘Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?’ ‘No. I am four.’ And also because I believe that there are many ways for each of us to play our part. For a very long time that’s what my mom did. And then she went into elected public life. Her life is a testament to the principle that there are many ways to serve.”

“And now I don’t know,” she shares. “I mean, I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18. I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person. And I certainly believe that part of helping to build a better world is ensuring that we have political leaders who are committed to that premise. So if there were to be a point where it was something I felt called to do and I didn’t think there was someone who was sufficiently committed to building a healthier, more just, more equitable, more productive world? Then that would be a question I’d have to ask and answer.”

Not the biggest Clinton fans, but boy would I love it if he was back in office instead of what we have. She is such a beautiful woman and raised right and very intelligent. I loved her wedding pictures with her and her dad and wish her the best with becomming a mom.

Her plastic surgeons deserve more praise for her appearance than she or her parents do. Just from these photos alone I see a new nose, new chin and new smile. With all the real advantages this young woman has, I just don’t think she needs to be prettier to succeed, especially from a feminist point of view.